Nonstop flight route between Jining, Shandong, China and London, England, United Kingdom:
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About this route:
A direct, nonstop flight between Jining Qufu Airport (JNG), Jining, Shandong, China and Gatwick Airport (LGW), London, England, United Kingdom would travel a Great Circle distance of 5,335 miles (or 8,587 kilometers).
A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Jining Qufu Airport and Gatwick Airport, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.
Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Jining Qufu Airport and Gatwick Airport. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!
Departure Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | JNG / ZLJN |
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Location: | Jining, Shandong, China |
GPS Coordinates: | 35°17'34"N by 116°20'48"E |
Airport Type: | Public / Military |
# of Runways: | 1 |
View all routes: | Routes from JNG |
More Information: | JNG Maps & Info |
Arrival Airport Information:
IATA / ICAO Codes: | LGW / EGKK |
Airport Name: | Gatwick Airport |
Location: | London, England, United Kingdom |
GPS Coordinates: | 51°8'53"N by 0°11'25"W |
Area Served: | London, United Kingdom |
Operator/Owner: | Global Infrastructure Partners |
Airport Type: | Public |
Elevation: | 203 feet (62 meters) |
# of Runways: | 2 |
View all routes: | Routes from LGW |
More Information: | LGW Maps & Info |
Facts about Jining Qufu Airport (JNG):
- Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) currently has only 1 runway.
- In addition to being known as "Jining Qufu Airport", other names for JNG include "济宁曲阜机场", "Jìníng Qūfù Jīchǎng" and "ZSJG".
- The closest airport to Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is Xuzhou Guanyin Airport (XUZ), which is located 109 miles (176 kilometers) SE of JNG.
- The furthest airport from Jining Qufu Airport (JNG) is General Pico Airport (GPO), which is nearly antipodal to Jining Qufu Airport (meaning Jining Qufu Airport is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from General Pico Airport), and is located 12,408 miles (19,969 kilometers) away in General Pico, La Pampa, Argentina.
Facts about Gatwick Airport (LGW):
- On 1 April 1961, BEA began operating half its London–Paris flights from Gatwick.
- The closest airport to Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Redhill Aerodrome (KRH), which is located only 5 miles (8 kilometers) NNE of LGW.
- Gatwick Airport (LGW) has 2 runways.
- Gatwick Airport handled 35,444,206 passengers last year.
- The first scheduled flight departed from the Beehive terminal on 17 May 1936, bound for Paris.
- In November 1972, Laker Airways became the first operator of wide-body aircraft at Gatwick after the introduction of two McDonnell-Douglas DC-10-10 aircraft.
- The furthest airport from Gatwick Airport (LGW) is Chatham Islands (CHT), which is located 11,901 miles (19,152 kilometers) away in Waitangi, Chatham Islands, New Zealand.
- In July 1952, the British government confirmed that the airport would be renovated, primarily for aircraft diverted from Heathrow in bad weather.
- Because of Gatwick Airport's relatively low elevation of 203 feet, planes can take off or land at Gatwick Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.